New Principles of Gardening. 
3. Lts Temperature. 
Sage is hot and dry almoft in the third Degree. 
4. The Medicinal Virtues. 
Sage is fingularly good for the Head and Brain, quickens the 
Memory, and ftrengthens the Sinews. 
5. Ihe Parts for Ufe. 
The young and tender Leaves, and Flowers eaten in compo- 
fition with other Herbs. 
6. The Quantity is at Pleafure. 
7. [ts Cultivation. 
-Red Sage is propagated from Layers, or Slips twifted at the 
lower end, and planted in September or O€fober, or if planted 
in March or April they will grow, but not near fo well as 
when planted in the end of Autumn. 
The other Kinds of Sage, vzz. The Tea Sage (called by many 
Sage of Virtue) the Mountain Sage, and the Wormwood Sage, 
are propagated in like Manner; and as they are in general 
well known, they need no Defcription. 
Soh ee XXXVI. 
Of Sampier. 
1. Its Names. 
# ‘HERE are three different Kinds of Sampier, the firft cal- 
led Rock Sampier, the fecond Thorny Sampier, and the 
third Golden Sampier ; but the Sampier caten in Sallets is the 
Rock Sampier, which is called in Greek xpibuov, in Latin Crith- 
mum marinum, and by many Bati; in High Dutch Meerfen- 
chell, which is in Latin Faniculus Marinus, Sea¥Fennel; in 
Italian Fenocchio marino, Herba di San Pietro, and hereupon 
divers call it Sampetra ; in Spanifo Perexil de la mer, Hinoioma- 
vino, Fenolmarin, and in Englifo Sampier, or Rock Sampier, 
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